Combination curtain and blind support.



w. cuss. COMBINATION CURTAIN AND BLIND SUPPORT.

Patented Apr. 23, I90EI.

(Applicatioix ined Apr. 25, 1900.,

(No Model.)

n n n u u n a UNITED STATES ATENT tribe WILBUR 0088, OF MOUNT PLEASANT, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINATION CURTAIN AND BLEND SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 672,440, dated April 23, 1901. Application filed April 25, 1900. Serial No. 14,325. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom, it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, WILBUR 0088, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Mount Pleasant, in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combination Curtain and Blind Support; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved combined curtain and blind support; and it consists in the certain details of construction and combination of parts, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of my improved combined window curtain and blind support, the same being constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the one end of the same, showing the curtain-support removed therefrom. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the curtainsupports.

To construct a curtain and blind support in accordance with myinvention, I provide a bar 1 of a suitable length and adapted to be attached to the window frame immediately above the window and the said bar 1 fitted at either end with metallic pieces 2. Each of these end pieces 2 consists of a sheet-metal band attached to the end of the bar by woodscrews 3 and each provided with an outwardlyprojecting integral bracket5,arranged at right angles with the band and provided at the base with an ear 7, extending at right angles to the bracket 5 and formed with an opening 8, and the said bracket 5 is also formed with another portion 6, dished or bent in semicircular form and formed with an opening Sin a position directly above the opening in the ear 7 below. Formed from suitable wire are two extenders or curtain-supports, each of which consists of a straight vertical portion 9, adapted to be entered in the openings 8, and a horizontal part 10, which when in position will rest in the groove 6 and prevent lateral movement, and by means of reverse bends the wire extended outwardly by a straight portion 11, parallel to the part 10, and the end of the same formed into aloop 12 for the reception of the curtain-pole 14. The ends of the supports above described are fitted with small ornaments 13.

Each of the ,brackets 5 is formed with a means for supporting the blind 17, the one bracket formed with a circular opening 15 for the support of the one end of the blind and the other bracket with a slot 16 (see dotted lines, Fig. 2) for the support of the opposite end of the same.

Slight modifications and changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the character described, the bar 1 adapted to be attached to the top of the window-frame, the metal bands 2 secured to the ends of said bar, each of said bands having an integral shade-supporting bracket, the apertured support-receiving portion 6 formed integral with the upper edge of said bracket and the apertured ear 7 formed integral with its lower edge, combined with the curtain-support consisting of a wire bent to form arm 11 with a parallel portion 10 adapted to lie in the portion 6 of the bracket and a stem 9 adapted to engage in the apertures in the portion 6 and the ear 7, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILBUR COSS.

WVitnesses:

JOHN GROETZINGER, H. E. Bnosnn. 

